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Some thoughts after 10 months of nebbing saline

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@susanocl I have the same issue with allergy season - moving between Texas and Minnesota, I get a double dose. Today my patio table is yellow with mesquite, acacia and huisache pollens. When I get to Minnesota in May, it will be pine and birch pollens.
Something that helps me during allergy season is to vigorously manage the allergies. With pollen, I use daily fluticasone nasal spray plus twice daily azalastine (Astepro) spray, in addition to normal airway clearance (this was recommended by my pulmonology team.) In addition, we use HEPA air filters indoors, and I add a daily antihistamine tablet during high-pollen weeks/months.
Do you use anything to minimze pollen impact in your nasal passages?

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@sueinmn Very similar routine! I also use Fluticasone (Flonase) a.m and p,m, as well as Azalastine same times. I am allergic to every type of grass and living in FL I have taken daily allergy meds for years (changing brand every year). Did allergy shorts starting last summer to try to reduce the reaction in my lungs. We also added a large HEPA filter (Blue Air brand) in the living room and a mini HEPA in my bedroom.
I used to use a Neti pot for recurring sinus infections but discontinued due to worries about water quality (plus since adding daily Flonase I’ve only had 1 sinus infection in 10 years).
Lesson learned that during allergy season I can’t back off on airway clearance routine. I stopped for a week before last sputum test in hopes of getting something up to test, then never started back up seeing how I did. It took about 3 weeks (and allergies) to start coughing up stuff in mornings. So now back to daily clearance.
**just a note if anyone wonders: I’ve never done the big 3, infection has always grown “few” with only one time in lower right lobe (from bronc) growing ‘many’.

@sueinmn I also do several things to safeguard my sinuses and breathing. I use two sprays of fluticasone nasal spray in each nostril, I take two Mucinex daily, and I do a nasal rinse every day at bedtime. I also take a cetirizine every night at bedtime. The combination of all those -- in addition to my twice daily breathing treatments -- has worked pretty well for me thus far.

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I can no longer use flonase due to my nosebleed problem. When allergens are particularly bad I will do a sinus rinse with saline and a squeeze bottle (Neilmed or Guru Nanda) after time outdoors. Seems to rinse out pollen and stuff.